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PRS Paul Reed Smith 30th Anniversary Custom 22 Vine Charcoal Guitar

This is the PRS Paul Reed Smith 30th Anniversary Custom 22 Vine Charcoal Guitar. For PRS's 30th Anniversary year PRS is offering this small batch of guitars with a new inlay patter: the 30th Anniversary Vine. Inspired in part by the PRS Tree of Life inlay, the 30th Anniversary Vine is an elegant inlay made from Mother of Pearl, Paua, and Paua Heart. The 30th Anniversary Vine guitars are available for order through authorized PRS dealers between June 4 – June 30th only. No more than 100 30th Anniversary Vine guitars will be made. It all started with Custom 24 which is the original PRS guitar Paul Reed Smith took to his first tradeshow in 1985. It is the guitar that put PRS on the map. The Custom 22 is for those who are looking for the same guitar but with more room on the fretboard with 22 frets instead of 24. This guitar is a workhorse that serve you well playing all types of music. A perennial favorite with musicians, this model features a Pattern Neck Profile, Stained Flamed Maple Neck and 57/08 treble and bass pickups wired for the redesigned 5-way blade switch, which offers a dual humbucker option. This one is lightweight at 7.5 lbs.

57/08 treble and 57/08 Bass pickups are coveted pickups. These are PRSs vintage-inspired pickups that were designed by Paul Reed Smith in-house to capture the iconic tones of legendary 1950s era guitars. Made with vintage-style wire and wound in-house in PRSs Electronics department to capture that vintage vibe with all the clarity that a modern player wants. These pickups are not available for sale by PRS and can only be purchased in guitars that have them installed.

57/08 SPECS:

- Covered (etched )

- Magnet: Alnico

- DC Res: 7.91k treble, 7.78k bass

- Compatible with: 5-way blade or 5-way rotary pickup switch

The PRS Pattern Neck Profile was perfected after years of prototyping. The Pattern neck is an updated Wide Fat PRS neck style based on designs Paul Reed Smith did in the '70s and '80s for Carlos Santana, Peter Frampton and Howard Leese of Heart.